praetorships

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To one side, behind sheep fencing, was the enclosure for the candidates, of whom there were perhaps twenty both the consulships and the eight praetorships all had to be decided that day.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

As for the men of high rank, he promised to some of them future consulships and praetorships, some he consoled with other offices and honors, and to all held out hopes of favor by the solicitude he showed to rule with the general good-will; insomuch that upon the death of Maximus one day before his consulship was ended, he made

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

The consulships and the praetorships fell to the candidates whom the Senate supported.

Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856

The aristocracy divided the consulships, praetorships, and quaestorships among themselves, and after the year of office the provincial prizes were then distributed.

Caesar: a Sketch James Anthony Froude 1856

First, they aimed to seize control of the state by sweeping the board in the general elections, securing not only both consulships but also all ten tribunates, and a couple of praetorships besides; the bribery agents reported that the thing was more or less a fait accompli, with Cicero’s support slipping daily.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

First, they aimed to seize control of the state by sweeping the board in the general elections, securing not only both consulships but also all ten tribunates, and a couple of praetorships besides; the bribery agents reported that the thing was more or less a fait accompli, with Cicero’s support slipping daily.

Imperium Robert Harris 2006

Now several praetorships being vacant, it was all men’s opinion, that that of the chiefest dignity, which is called the praetorship of the city, would be conferred either upon Brutus or

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003